A member of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits discovering the buried treasures of central Oklahoma.
"Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is undisguised. This is a cemetery."
--Author unknown

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

This is the inscription on one of the most memorable gravestones in Riverside Cemetery, Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma.

It marks the grave of Pilot, Paul Powell, 1907-1934.

Paul was the pilot of an air ambulance that operated out of Mangum, OK for Dr. F. Border, a very prominent early physician in SW Oklahoma. Paul and two passengers were killed when his plane crashed near Childress, TX in 1934. I have been trying to find out more information about this crash and will post a follow up if I can ever find a good source. I'm sure there will be a story about it in The Mangum Star since Dr. Border was also a former owner of the newspaper.

About Me

Much to the chagrin of my family I experience the "joy of discovery" tromping around in old cemeteries. I live right in the middle of Oklahoma and am still just discovering the wealth of resources that are here.
I am a librarian, a grandfather, an Army brat, a fairly good photographer, and a rather undisciplined genealogist.